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bill clinton has a great line that if you want to live like a republican, you should vote for a democrat because democrats will give you better economics. and that's, in fact, true. if you compare job performance under democratic presidents versus republican presidents over the last say 30 years, you will find that democrats on average produce far, far more jobs than do republicans. the problem for republicans is that they have an intellectually bankrupt economic policy and they've got a social policy that is worthy of the john burch society. these are the reasons the republicans lost and the fact the republicans can't face this, these facts, and understand and deal with them, it's not just that it is ingracious or ungracious in defeat and a lack of grace in defeat, it's also that they just don't want to understand that this is a changing country, this is a changing country demographically and they don't want to understand exactly the many reasons that they lost this election, and that's frankly good news for democrats if they don't want to face reality. >> but that's bad news, isn't it,
bill clinton has a great line that if you want to live like a republican, you should vote for a democrat because democrats will give you better economics. and that's, in fact, true. if you compare job performance under democratic presidents versus republican presidents over the last say 30 years, you will find that democrats on average produce far, far more jobs than do republicans. the problem for republicans is that they have an intellectually bankrupt economic policy and they've got a social...
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also republican congressman raul labrador, former white house chief of staff for bill clinton john podesta, and our friend gop strategist mike murphy. welcome to everybody. yes, i want to get to as much as we can, including some of the republican fallout a little bit later. >>> andrea, bottom line, this furious debate and new facts we've gotten here on benghazi and susan rice this morning. >> mike rogers, the republican chair, threw a hand grenade into the middle of this table when he suggested that the president of the united states might have had prior knowledge before the election of what was going on with david petraeus, that eric holder was aware of it, the attorney general, and that it's not credible that eric holder would not have told the president. this will raise a lot of questions. holder will be called to attention on the hill. the other thing is the disconnect between what the senators believe, which was that there was not an intelligence failure but there was certainly a failure then to follow up. did the state department, why did the state department not increase security, n
also republican congressman raul labrador, former white house chief of staff for bill clinton john podesta, and our friend gop strategist mike murphy. welcome to everybody. yes, i want to get to as much as we can, including some of the republican fallout a little bit later. >>> andrea, bottom line, this furious debate and new facts we've gotten here on benghazi and susan rice this morning. >> mike rogers, the republican chair, threw a hand grenade into the middle of this table...
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bill clinton supported big pascrell and as a thank you, president obama in a more low-key way supported the other guy, steve rothman. steve rothman smorted president obama in that '08 primary. in new jersey, mr. pascrell ran away with it and steve rothman will lose his seat in congress. but the overall wlakiest and illegal thing going on in electoral politics going on this week is not in wisconsin or any of these other states. it's really been what's happening in california. if wisconsin was not also going on in the same day this would have been the story everybody was fix stated on. >> dianne feinstein's race, as you know she's the senior democratic senator from california and been in the as a matter of fact a long 250i78 and she's the incumbent and running for re-election. all sounds normal, right? look at the ballot that she was running on. these are the names scrolling up here that was on the ballot. for senate. california changed its rule so in a race like this there's no democratic primary and a republican primary and then the winner of each of those primaries runs in the general
bill clinton supported big pascrell and as a thank you, president obama in a more low-key way supported the other guy, steve rothman. steve rothman smorted president obama in that '08 primary. in new jersey, mr. pascrell ran away with it and steve rothman will lose his seat in congress. but the overall wlakiest and illegal thing going on in electoral politics going on this week is not in wisconsin or any of these other states. it's really been what's happening in california. if wisconsin was...
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clinton and obama successfully able to carry this over, never able to allow the base of the democratic party, special interest groups, to overtake the national message, the republican party -- >> the serious governing philosophy that served this country well but too many swing voters in the country, you hear the word conservative now, they they think of loons and whackos. we gave up five u.s. senate seats the last two election cycles by people who were just out there, completely extreme, manifestly up prepared for the offices that they are running for. our elected leaders scared to death of the conservative entertainment complex, the shrill and divisive voices that are bombastic and broadcasting out into the homes and this country is rejecting the social extremism of the republican party on issue after issue. if you look at the four states that legalized gay marriage, on a range of issues, our coalition is shrink and the republican party has a lot of soul searching to do if we are going to assemble a majority. >> doris, i want to get to one other thing here, which is the movie "lincoln
clinton and obama successfully able to carry this over, never able to allow the base of the democratic party, special interest groups, to overtake the national message, the republican party -- >> the serious governing philosophy that served this country well but too many swing voters in the country, you hear the word conservative now, they they think of loons and whackos. we gave up five u.s. senate seats the last two election cycles by people who were just out there, completely extreme,...
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there's bill clinton feeling everybody's pain. there's george bush who can't wait to get the heck out of there. can't understand why these people are so upset at him. so it creates a problem for a guy like romney. too. there's a picture of the shoe shine on the tarmac. i don't know if you saw this one. he's sitting in front of an airplane. here's wearing a suit and he's getting a shoe shine. >> he's not shining his own shoes? >> no, he's getting a shoe shine. we put this on salon earlier today. i'm not sure where it originated. but it never looks good for a politician to be getting a shoe sign on a tarmac. but it looks terrible when it's mitt romney and this is your image and background. it looks worse when it's if year 2012 and the economy is in such a bad place, and the democrats are going to be going after your party for being the one who favors the people who gets shoe shines on tarmacs. >> drumming down on that, though, what is the image that he creates? what is the image that a candidate like bill clinton wouldn't create but
there's bill clinton feeling everybody's pain. there's george bush who can't wait to get the heck out of there. can't understand why these people are so upset at him. so it creates a problem for a guy like romney. too. there's a picture of the shoe shine on the tarmac. i don't know if you saw this one. he's sitting in front of an airplane. here's wearing a suit and he's getting a shoe shine. >> he's not shining his own shoes? >> no, he's getting a shoe shine. we put this on salon...
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i mean, bill clinton went through -- he was keel hauled. >> yeah, yeah. >> this guy get a single side note. >> just a pesky asterisk. but, you know, politicians and presidents for years in washington have been using david petraeus as cover. if you can get underneath -- >> republicans said that name over and over. >> wrap yourself in the petraeus flag and you got immunity from almost anything. >> what is president obama worried about petraeus? >> i think it's -- i think he's being gracious now. i think maybe buyer's remorse, some people once you get into the details of this whacky situation, they're thinking maybe he should have stuck with him, maybe everything moved too fast, maybe he's -- he did what he did but maybe he's the victim -- >> before you jump to that, and i am -- the older i get the more leaning i get towards these -- >> meaning -- >> if it got out he had this affair with the reporter and also got out that the president knowing about it had kept him in office, what would that have been like? >> that would have been bad. the only way you can do this is if you make a clean
i mean, bill clinton went through -- he was keel hauled. >> yeah, yeah. >> this guy get a single side note. >> just a pesky asterisk. but, you know, politicians and presidents for years in washington have been using david petraeus as cover. if you can get underneath -- >> republicans said that name over and over. >> wrap yourself in the petraeus flag and you got immunity from almost anything. >> what is president obama worried about petraeus? >> i think...
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clinton to an issue that democrats and republicans simply don't touch. >> jay carney was asked about this, mark halperin, yesterday, and he directed reporters to an op-ed the president wrote in the "arizona daily star" after the succe tucson shooting and says he believes it is possible to protect second amendment rights of the american people but ensure we are not allowing weapons into the hands of individuals who should not by existing laws obtain those weapons. the key phrase, by existing law. copout? >> there's some realities of this in terms of politics. if you walk the halls of most major news organizations or of the oeob at the white house or west wing, you would find overwhelming sentiment there should be stricter gun control laws in the united states. for people who want that like mayor bloomberg, they say it's the power of the nra. that's part of it. it's also the reality of what's reflected in the poll chris cited, it's stronger than just the numbers chris cited because the intensity in terms of guns as a voting issue is much more on the side of people who don't want additi
clinton to an issue that democrats and republicans simply don't touch. >> jay carney was asked about this, mark halperin, yesterday, and he directed reporters to an op-ed the president wrote in the "arizona daily star" after the succe tucson shooting and says he believes it is possible to protect second amendment rights of the american people but ensure we are not allowing weapons into the hands of individuals who should not by existing laws obtain those weapons. the key phrase,...
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. >> we have talked about bill clinton as a super surrogate for barack obama. mike, the guy in that ad, he's a super anti-surrogate, an anti-validator of mitt romney. he looks like the voter that barack obama needed to change sides, that former reagan democrat, that white working class guy looking dead into the camera and saying, this guy destroyed us. he took away our livelihood and he made us build the stage that we had to stand on to announce the end of our jobs. it was absolutely the most devastating ad, but what was also remarkable was the romney people had no response. look, they had a six-month lead time on this line of attack because remember something called winning our future pac? they ran a 27 minute ad of this same message. romney, because he survived in florida after that, he seemed to think i can get over this because he didn't respond. >> i talked to -- >> jane mayer, you write in your piece that sarah palin of all people thought that the bain ad had a negative impact on mitt romney's candidacy. she thinks it worked. here she is on fox on electio
. >> we have talked about bill clinton as a super surrogate for barack obama. mike, the guy in that ad, he's a super anti-surrogate, an anti-validator of mitt romney. he looks like the voter that barack obama needed to change sides, that former reagan democrat, that white working class guy looking dead into the camera and saying, this guy destroyed us. he took away our livelihood and he made us build the stage that we had to stand on to announce the end of our jobs. it was absolutely the...
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both bills went through unamended, were signed by president clinton who mobilized people in the house, was very helpful and became the law for ten years. what we have been doing for more than a year now is going through that bill carefully, making improvements in the bill, updating it, modifying it, putting it out for vetting with gun specialists, and we will be prepared to introduce an updated version on the first day of the next united states senate. just yesterday because i was on a discussion group on "meet the press" my phone began to ring, and i heard from a lot of people, from mayors, the mayor of philadelphia, mayor nutter, members of the house, ed pearlmotter, who is going it head the effort in the house, along with co-sponsors. i'm putting that together in the senate. i've had citizens groups, ceos of companies, namely sony, call and say whatever i can do to help, i will help. i've had a member of the nra from the central valley of california call me and say i have an ar15, which is a sister weapon to this bushmaster, which your reporter said was common. i don't believe it's
both bills went through unamended, were signed by president clinton who mobilized people in the house, was very helpful and became the law for ten years. what we have been doing for more than a year now is going through that bill carefully, making improvements in the bill, updating it, modifying it, putting it out for vetting with gun specialists, and we will be prepared to introduce an updated version on the first day of the next united states senate. just yesterday because i was on a...
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. >>> and bill clinton may have saved president obama's second term. darrell hammen tells us how he did it. >> he's the only democratic nominee for president. >> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. president obama stepped out to talk about the economy today. he reminded america that there was an election on tuesday and the people have spoken. the president spoke from the east room of the white house surrounded by middle class americans. he's ready to lead on fiscal challenges facing this country. >> the american people voted for action. not politics as usual. you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in that spirit, i have invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. >> no heavy hand, no arrogance whatsoever. if there's one word to sum up the president's presentation today, it's this. consistent. the guy who gave the speech is the same guy who we watched on the campaign trail for the last seven months. americans want cooperatio
. >>> and bill clinton may have saved president obama's second term. darrell hammen tells us how he did it. >> he's the only democratic nominee for president. >> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. president obama stepped out to talk about the economy today. he reminded america that there was an election on tuesday and the people have spoken. the president spoke from the east room of the white house surrounded by middle class americans. he's ready to lead on...
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two winning campaign, bill clinton, 62%. and then '92, 53%. unmarried white women, i had a pollster tell me this was the most fluid part of the electorate. unmarried white women, it isn't just single women under the age of 40. don't just think there, you're also talking widows. so there's a good chuck of these folks. the president won them by six points. and they were 14% of the electorate. yes, he won them by more, 19, but they were 13% of the electorate. but this is perhaps the most important swing voting group that you had to look at. i can tell you in senate race after senate race, the number that would fluctuate more than independents was unmarried white women. is it a voting group we should continue to follow, continue to track. i encourage more pollsters. not all pollsters do single and married enough in their factuals to get the you cross-tabs. this marriage gap is an important track to be tracking but in particular, married and gender thrown in to one. autopsy 2012, we will continue to do it throughout the rest of the year. >>> invest
two winning campaign, bill clinton, 62%. and then '92, 53%. unmarried white women, i had a pollster tell me this was the most fluid part of the electorate. unmarried white women, it isn't just single women under the age of 40. don't just think there, you're also talking widows. so there's a good chuck of these folks. the president won them by six points. and they were 14% of the electorate. yes, he won them by more, 19, but they were 13% of the electorate. but this is perhaps the most important...
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we learn of a different thomas jefferson here, somebody that almost, like, bill clinton. se seriously. you said just craved affection, wanted everybody to love him. you said he flirted with men and women alike. what do you mean? >> well, he was a is seducer. he was a vote getter. he had to -- you run campaigns. we all know people who have to win the heart and mind. >> portray him as a cold, detached man. >> margaret smith, the wife of the great republican editor in washington at the time, is sitting and we forget this because there weren't that many images around, she didn't know what jefferson looked like and a morning caller comes in. this very charming man and just telling stories and being brilliant and all of a sudden her husband walks in, mr. jefferson, i'm sorry i'm late. and her head explodes because she had been raised in this federalist family, taught this man was a great threat. >> she blushes and can't even speak. >> she has fallen -- one definition of charm is how do you make people fall in love with you without knowing why and jefferson had that. >> i never
we learn of a different thomas jefferson here, somebody that almost, like, bill clinton. se seriously. you said just craved affection, wanted everybody to love him. you said he flirted with men and women alike. what do you mean? >> well, he was a is seducer. he was a vote getter. he had to -- you run campaigns. we all know people who have to win the heart and mind. >> portray him as a cold, detached man. >> margaret smith, the wife of the great republican editor in washington...
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let's hear bill clinton speak for himself. he was out there with harvey weinstein the other night. let's watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. no question in terms of getting up to go to the office, and you know basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man a who's been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> there you go. mr. clinton, i don't know what he is doing, and governor, you know him well, and he is saying don't go down the negative road, go the positive road. you can't win by bashing this guy on bain capital and what he did as governor several years ago. you have to win this positively. >> i think the president's doing two things. number one, exactly what you said, chris, get out there and talk about what we're going to do. we do have good plans. the plans that bob just outlined, the plans the president outline. you're dead right. don't do just $50 billion of infrastructure improvements over the next 18 months. the cbo says we coul
let's hear bill clinton speak for himself. he was out there with harvey weinstein the other night. let's watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. no question in terms of getting up to go to the office, and you know basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man a who's been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> there you go. mr. clinton, i...
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you saw a second term with bill clinton ton, they cooped and impeached him, too. >> up next, this is one thing you'll see only on "the cycle." developments in the search for bigfoot. yes, i said bigfoot. >>> no, no, no. >> we just got it. dude, i think they're here. >> something's moving down below. y-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. gives you a low national plan premium... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including i
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you know, i often said of bill clinton that he was the most brilliant authentic phony i had ever studied. he could go in any room and sort of be right there. and barack obama isn't as good of an actor in that sense. but once he becomes comfortable in a situation, he has the capacity to adapt and change. and so i honestly think that you will see more of that in the second term, but in a way that he feels comfortable with. >> after that now infamous first debate, how was the obama campaign able to shift the momentum? >> well, you know, he was responsible for the problems with that first debate. and to a certain degree, although the second and third debates were less watched and less important, he recovered in that sense. but they knew all along that they had a lot of other things going for them. and they had done enormous work early on in the campaign to shape the public's perception of mitt romney. that held to a large degree. and then on the back end, they had this, you know, amazing ground game campaign at the end. but i think that, you know, i think that as important and as wonderful a
you know, i often said of bill clinton that he was the most brilliant authentic phony i had ever studied. he could go in any room and sort of be right there. and barack obama isn't as good of an actor in that sense. but once he becomes comfortable in a situation, he has the capacity to adapt and change. and so i honestly think that you will see more of that in the second term, but in a way that he feels comfortable with. >> after that now infamous first debate, how was the obama campaign...
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bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the white house yesterday, and, in fact, canceled a very important meeting scheduled with outside visitors telling them -- the staff telling them he'd gone to see the president. apparently that was not the case. he was seeing somebody else in the white house, the national security team presumably. there has been conversation according to senior officials about the future of david petraeus, how long he'll stay in the administration. we have repeated that no resignation has been offered. none is apparently envisioned at this time. none has been requested. there is conversation about how long
bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the...
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he ran on a vow to increase taxes on the wealthiest to bill clinton era tax rates. that means 35% it to 39.6% for the top rate. is that the president's position now, and would he veto any package that comes back from congress that does not do that? >> the president would veto, as he has said and i and others have said for quite some time any bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for the top 2% of wage earners in this country, of earners in this country. what the president made clear again today and has said for quite some time is that he would sign right now the bill that passed the senate that extends tax cuts for 98% of us. 98% of the american people. this is a simple and easy way to address a large chunk of the uncertainty created by the so-called fiscal cliff. by the -- for those who don't engage in beltway parlance, by the series of deadlines that include expiration of the tax cuts that would cause uncertainty and damage to the economy if they're not dealt with. extending those tax cuts for 98% of the american people would deal with more than half in dollar t
he ran on a vow to increase taxes on the wealthiest to bill clinton era tax rates. that means 35% it to 39.6% for the top rate. is that the president's position now, and would he veto any package that comes back from congress that does not do that? >> the president would veto, as he has said and i and others have said for quite some time any bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for the top 2% of wage earners in this country, of earners in this country. what the president made clear...
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no, no, not that bill clinton. former "snl" star darrell hammond breaks down the new details with us ahead. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> republicans have entered a new fact-free phrase of the campaign, repeating one of their favorite fast talking points about the pr
no, no, not that bill clinton. former "snl" star darrell hammond breaks down the new details with us ahead. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. to compete on the global...
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chuck schumer did the bill in the house. both bays went through unamended were signed by president clinton who mobilize people in the house, was very helpful and became the law for ten years. this can be done. i've done it. i know it can be done, and i'm going to do my level best to get it done again. >> senator feinstein might now be able to find support even from gun rights democrats such as senator joe manchin of west virginia who said this on "morning joe." >> i'm a proud nra member and always have been, but we need to sit down and move this dialogue to a sensible, reasonable approach. when you look at it, diane saying that basically assault weapons. i don't know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don't know anybody that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting. >> polls conducted over the weekend for the washington post-abc news found that 54% of the public support stricter gun control laws now. 43% oppose it. 52% support banning semiautomatic weapons, which automatically reloa
chuck schumer did the bill in the house. both bays went through unamended were signed by president clinton who mobilize people in the house, was very helpful and became the law for ten years. this can be done. i've done it. i know it can be done, and i'm going to do my level best to get it done again. >> senator feinstein might now be able to find support even from gun rights democrats such as senator joe manchin of west virginia who said this on "morning joe." >> i'm a...
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for me it was bill clinton's speech at the democratic national committee. we've seen him at the political spouse, as the global philanthropi philanthropist. on that stage at that night. he was something else, was a leader of the party, a voice of basic democratic values, a role that is more suited to him, a role that you didn't realize you missed until you saw it there and it showed a stark contrast with the republican convention the week before when the name george bush wasn't really mentioned. >> a point this people were talking about. representative murphy, your most memorable moment? >> being on stage with the president and about four dozen of my fellow veterans from iraq and afghanistan and the wars, standing there on primetime, thursday night right before the president spoke, talking about barack obama as a true champion to our fellow veterans and also how he served as a great commander-in-chief. i think especially today on veterans day when we look at every 80 minutes there's a veteran who commits suicide. we have to come together as a country to tac
for me it was bill clinton's speech at the democratic national committee. we've seen him at the political spouse, as the global philanthropi philanthropist. on that stage at that night. he was something else, was a leader of the party, a voice of basic democratic values, a role that is more suited to him, a role that you didn't realize you missed until you saw it there and it showed a stark contrast with the republican convention the week before when the name george bush wasn't really...
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here's bill clinton. you want to get attacked by the other side. >> well, bill clinton definitely wants to get attacked by the other side. but this was an attack on barack obama. and i do think there was some distance from bill clinton here. he's got to go out and defend obama particularly on thish. he's got this huge speaking role -- >> he signed the welfare bill. zwle signed the welfare bill. this came out in new york when bill clinton was in las vegas. came out from his foundation. he had to get it from the obama campaign or somewhere else. if you look at the language, it wasn't about savageness. he said it's not true and i find it disappointing. that's kind of time for politics these days. >> he wants to be the guy above it all, but he also wants to support. he doesn't want to be the attack dog, i agree. >> he's walking a fine line. >> so what do you think his point is? >> bill clinton's point? >> yeah. his goal. >> i think his point is mitt romney's wrong about it. this is really complicated policy w
here's bill clinton. you want to get attacked by the other side. >> well, bill clinton definitely wants to get attacked by the other side. but this was an attack on barack obama. and i do think there was some distance from bill clinton here. he's got to go out and defend obama particularly on thish. he's got this huge speaking role -- >> he signed the welfare bill. zwle signed the welfare bill. this came out in new york when bill clinton was in las vegas. came out from his...
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monday night in pennsylvania, be they play the big five games, and there is bill clinton with a crowd of people your age. they were all like in their early to late 20s, packed, like 20,000 students. i haven't seen that enthusiasm. was that going across the country? ashley? >> yes. after the debate romney's crowds were not all huge but he went to denver which is where musician actually performed and it felt like people came out to see a rock star there. huge crowds, packed. in pennsylvania, one of the most striking things was on tuesday when governor romney touched down in pittsburgh, there was a huge crowd. it lined up upper deck of a parking garage overlooking where he landed and they were all just waiting for him and cheering for him. he was so touched. had he finally found the love that he had been searching for the whole campaign. >> what an amazing thing this election has been. what an amazing thing. thank you, matt, ashley. >> thank you. >>> when we return, let me finish with this still wonder -- and i just said it again -- of this election. you're watching "hardball," the place
monday night in pennsylvania, be they play the big five games, and there is bill clinton with a crowd of people your age. they were all like in their early to late 20s, packed, like 20,000 students. i haven't seen that enthusiasm. was that going across the country? ashley? >> yes. after the debate romney's crowds were not all huge but he went to denver which is where musician actually performed and it felt like people came out to see a rock star there. huge crowds, packed. in...
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bill clinton is more like fdr that way, simple english. >> listen, i think bill clinton is an invaluable asset. i agree he'll be helpful in this campaign, but i also believe that barack obama is a fourth quarter player. we've seen it again and again, going all the way back to 2007 when he was way behind hillary clinton. i'm through with this expectations game. i think the president will come to the next debate, bring his best game and will convey to the american people what the real choice is between someone who will fight for the middle class and someone who will favor the few. >>> i've heard that fourth quarter reference, by the way. from the xarn, getting out there, bob. >> pretty good defense, bob. >> i think i actually wrote that meteorologist and months ago. >>> that's what, bob, i think we all agree what didn't work was the defense, because he's not that far ahead. he can't get to the fourth quarter -- >> we'll see what obama shows up in two weeks. >> who will win this thursday? joe biden has got to win, because the tie goes i think to the other guy. >> i think it's a tie. >> i th
bill clinton is more like fdr that way, simple english. >> listen, i think bill clinton is an invaluable asset. i agree he'll be helpful in this campaign, but i also believe that barack obama is a fourth quarter player. we've seen it again and again, going all the way back to 2007 when he was way behind hillary clinton. i'm through with this expectations game. i think the president will come to the next debate, bring his best game and will convey to the american people what the real...
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it's interesting, also, that bill clinton agrees with that. bill clinton had that same policy and barack obama had that policy when he was candidate for about 24 hours and then he walked that back. so if anybody is playing politics, it's really the obama campaign, which is trying to distract on this issue because the bill clinton administration as well as mitt romney candidate have been -- they've both been clear. >> just to be clear, rick, to be fair, you mean the bill clinton political campaign, during clinton's tenure, they did not move the embassy. >> no, they didn't move it, but bill clinton made it clear that jerusalem should be the capital of israel. >> wait a minute. let's not microfocus. you're talking about israel alone. what about the other stuff i asked you, about north korea, china, a crisis of syria? did he give us any substantive foreign policy insight into the romney administration? >> he has. again, i would go back to the fact that most of the reporters were talking about not getting invited into a fund-raiser. >> forget them.
it's interesting, also, that bill clinton agrees with that. bill clinton had that same policy and barack obama had that policy when he was candidate for about 24 hours and then he walked that back. so if anybody is playing politics, it's really the obama campaign, which is trying to distract on this issue because the bill clinton administration as well as mitt romney candidate have been -- they've both been clear. >> just to be clear, rick, to be fair, you mean the bill clinton political...
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on taxes it's as bill clinton said. it's simple math. spending is at 24% of gdp. taxes are at about 15% of gdp right now. even the most conservative member of congress only proposes to bring spending down to say 20% or even 19% of gdp. you still have a 4% to 5% gap. that represents hundreds of billions of dollars that has to be made up. even if you assume growth could get back to 3%, that won't make up the gap. so taxes have to be on the table. there's no way to get around that if you want to actually deal with the fiscal crisis that we have. and what is most heartening to me is to learn today that the president is willing to take this show on the road, to go out into the states and make the case and actually reinforce that mandate he has and make republicans realize that those that want to work with him will be rewarded as people who are trying to solve people, those that want to obstruct will pay a political praice that they will feel at election time. >> his opening act has got to be rick ross. these haters are not going to hold me back. some of the conservativ
on taxes it's as bill clinton said. it's simple math. spending is at 24% of gdp. taxes are at about 15% of gdp right now. even the most conservative member of congress only proposes to bring spending down to say 20% or even 19% of gdp. you still have a 4% to 5% gap. that represents hundreds of billions of dollars that has to be made up. even if you assume growth could get back to 3%, that won't make up the gap. so taxes have to be on the table. there's no way to get around that if you want to...
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michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown," the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. and the former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work, why we need smart government for a strong economy." the returns for this race will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." did republican efforts to suppress the vote backfire this time? in dozens of states they made efforts to keep people, especially minorities and poor people, from getting to the ballot box. they shortened early voting periods. well, it didn't work. minority turnout remained steady from 2008, and in some states it increased, like ohio. some civil rights leaders say it was those attempts at voter suppression that drove voters out to vote even if it meant standing in line for hours. what is clear is the republican party has a deeper problem
michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown," the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. and the former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work, why we need smart government for a strong economy." the returns for this race will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. we'll...
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michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown" the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. anned former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work" why we need smart government for a strong economy. the returns for this ration will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. r heart health. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? house garden and encourages we'll be right bachouse garden we'll be right bachouse garden we'll be right bac >>> welcome back to "hardball." did republican efforts to suppress the vote backfire this time? in dozens of states they made effo
michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown" the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. anned former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work" why we need smart government for a strong economy. the returns for this ration will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. r heart...
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monday night in pennsylvania, there was bill clinton with a crowd of people your age. they were all in their early 20s, packed. 10,000 students. i said i haven't seen this enthusiasm. is that going across the country? >> after the debate, governor romney started getting -- not all of his crowds were huge. but he went to red rock in denver and it felt like people had come out to see a rock star. you had huge crowds. on tuesday on election day when governor romney touched down in pittsburgh, there was a huge crowd. it wasn't an event. it lined the upper deck of a parking garage overlooking where he landed. they were waiting for him and cheering for him. he was so touched he had found the love he had been searching for. >> what an amazing thing this election has been. thank you. >> when we return, let me finish with the wonder of this election. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announc
monday night in pennsylvania, there was bill clinton with a crowd of people your age. they were all in their early 20s, packed. 10,000 students. i said i haven't seen this enthusiasm. is that going across the country? >> after the debate, governor romney started getting -- not all of his crowds were huge. but he went to red rock in denver and it felt like people had come out to see a rock star. you had huge crowds. on tuesday on election day when governor romney touched down in...
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it's what bill clinton did. >> but he was impeached. >> under a little pressure. >> let's go to the latest developments in this. mrs. kelley, jill kelley, she's married, she was the one involved in being apparently -- she was scaring this other woman who was having the affair with petraeus. she complained to an fbi agent. this is where it became official. complained, jill kelley, complained to an fbi agent -- >> who was a friend of hers. >> who was being harassed. then she does this call. she called 911 one week complaining, that was jill kelley, tried to invoke diplomatic privilege to get the press off her lawn. let's listen to this. this is a little strange. >> i am an honorary consul-general, so i have inviolatability so they should not be to cross my property. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well? but it's against the law to cross my property. >> this is getting more kato kaling every day. >> that phone call replaced -- >> was she writing, claiming diplomatic immunity from the press? >> no. she had a badge from macdill air force base, which was -- >> c
it's what bill clinton did. >> but he was impeached. >> under a little pressure. >> let's go to the latest developments in this. mrs. kelley, jill kelley, she's married, she was the one involved in being apparently -- she was scaring this other woman who was having the affair with petraeus. she complained to an fbi agent. this is where it became official. complained, jill kelley, complained to an fbi agent -- >> who was a friend of hers. >> who was being harassed....
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as bill clinton might say, it's just arithmetic. >> john boehner is making his bid for speaker of the house official in eye letter sent to his colleagues he says his priorities are taking on the president and democrats in the senate. he calls house republicans the last line of defense. mitch mcconnell is already thinking about 2014. the day after the election he held a fund-raiser for 1,000 bucks a person you could attend the reception. and here's a great perk about being first lady. michelle obama didn't want to wait until january to watch the third season of "downton abbey" so it sent dvds to the white house. the three of us are -- with hands on hips, where's ours? where's ours? >> if you read only one thing this morning, today's must read is courtesy of the national constitution center, which argues in a fascinating article why the petraeus affair has nothing on the nation's first sex scandal, hint, it included a duel and it's up on our facebook page alt facebook/jansingco. borm the naturally sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the maker
as bill clinton might say, it's just arithmetic. >> john boehner is making his bid for speaker of the house official in eye letter sent to his colleagues he says his priorities are taking on the president and democrats in the senate. he calls house republicans the last line of defense. mitch mcconnell is already thinking about 2014. the day after the election he held a fund-raiser for 1,000 bucks a person you could attend the reception. and here's a great perk about being first lady....
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celebrities from john bon jovi to bill clinton for several new york city stops. mitt romney has private events in seattle and portland. with the unemployment rate now 8.2%, should the president try to change his strategy? will mitt romney seize an opportunity? i want to bring in the editor in chief of the national journal's hot line and slate reporter, dave weigel. good morning, guys. >> morning. >> morning. >> i was reading all these articles after the economic numbers came out over the weekend and pretty much all of them came to the conclusion that it was a horrible, terrible, pretty bad week for the president last week. so, what does he do now? >> i think we're seeing a lot of calls for president obama to come out with a new, forward looking plan. so far, this election has been about president obama appealing to small segments of base. hispanic, women voters. instead of offering a grand man. now that it looks like this election will be more of a referendum on the economy than a choice between president obama and mitt romney, there's this push to get president
celebrities from john bon jovi to bill clinton for several new york city stops. mitt romney has private events in seattle and portland. with the unemployment rate now 8.2%, should the president try to change his strategy? will mitt romney seize an opportunity? i want to bring in the editor in chief of the national journal's hot line and slate reporter, dave weigel. good morning, guys. >> morning. >> morning. >> i was reading all these articles after the economic numbers came...
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michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown," the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. and the former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work, why we need smart government for a strong economy." the returns for this race will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. we'll be right back. ...but he'd wait for her forever, for any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades... if he ever lets her leave again. iams. keep love strong. >>> welcome back to "hardball." did republican efforts to suppress the vote backfire this time? in dozens of states they made efforts to keep people, especially minorities and poor people, from getting to the ballot box. they
michelle obama and bill clinton have been nominated for grammy awards. the first lady was nominated in the best spoken word category for the audio version of "american grown," the book that tells the story of the white house garden and encourages healthy eating. and the former president was nominated in the same category for "back to work, why we need smart government for a strong economy." the returns for this race will be on february 10th when we'll find out who won. we'll...
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you saw them invoke bill clinton. and their underlying argument is that democrats do it better in terms of taking care of the middle class. and so far polls do show that president obama is on solid ground there with the middle class. >> well, joe, if you look at the polls and people -- americans questioned about who they blame the u.s. economy on, 68% of all americans say president obama. -- president bush. 49% of republicans are saying president bush. so as nia was talking and we see romney connected to bush, that cannot be helpful in an election year. >> i don't think it will be helpful. they haven't exactly been pulling george w. bush out of hiding to come and campaign for him. >> you noticed. >> yes, i've noticed. the thing we haven't talked about is deficits. all along the republicans have been campaigning as if they're the ones who want to close the deficits. the truth of the matter is the bush tax cuts as you pointed out before, exploded the deficits. the clinton tax increase led to surpluses. we had the first
you saw them invoke bill clinton. and their underlying argument is that democrats do it better in terms of taking care of the middle class. and so far polls do show that president obama is on solid ground there with the middle class. >> well, joe, if you look at the polls and people -- americans questioned about who they blame the u.s. economy on, 68% of all americans say president obama. -- president bush. 49% of republicans are saying president bush. so as nia was talking and we see...
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let's hear bill clinton speak for himself. he took an ax to that whole thing when he was out there with harvey weinstein the other night. let's watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get in the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. there's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and, you know, basically performing the essential functions of the office, a moon who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> so there you go. mr. clinton, i don't know what he's doing. you know him well, he's saying don't go down the negative t route. you can't win by bashing this guy on bain capital. you have to win this positively. >> i think the president's doing two things. number one, exactly what you said, chris, he's saying get out there and talk about what we're going to do. we do have good plans. the plans that bob outlined, the plans the president outlined. and you're dead right. don't do just $50 billion of infrastructure improvements ove
let's hear bill clinton speak for himself. he took an ax to that whole thing when he was out there with harvey weinstein the other night. let's watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get in the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. there's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and, you know, basically performing the essential functions of the office, a moon who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the...
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bill clinton just good enough. and president bush, he'll have to do much better. >> by morning, what had been last night's analysis had become conventional wiwisdom. in the headlines. on the "today" show. >> clinton did what he had to do and bush did not. >> and in instant polls. >> those polls show the president finishing third among people who watched the first debate. >> the bush people are getting very, very tired of hearing that the president did not hit a home run last night. >> so at this point as a nation, in our entire history as a country, we have had four national attempts of a challenger making his television debate debut against the sitting president of the united states. and after doing this four times as a nation, the record for incumbent presidents facing these challengers is 0-4. okay. so now 1996, incumbent president is that now not as young man from arkansas, bill clinton, and his challenger that year is bob dole. did bob dole really beat incumbent bill clinton in their first debate? actually, no
bill clinton just good enough. and president bush, he'll have to do much better. >> by morning, what had been last night's analysis had become conventional wiwisdom. in the headlines. on the "today" show. >> clinton did what he had to do and bush did not. >> and in instant polls. >> those polls show the president finishing third among people who watched the first debate. >> the bush people are getting very, very tired of hearing that the president did not...
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this happened under a largely democratic president, under bill clinton. not only a massive increase in the amount of bodies, but we think of the permanent x, right? my only angst about the education programs is that then it can sometimes lead us to forget that the new policies included that folks could no longer live in public housing when they came out and as you were pointing out about the man that you have done the work on, i mean, you literally get put out on a side street. public housing is for people on the brink of homelessness as many formerly incarcerated people are. there are state laws that keep people from doing all kinds of jobs, including being a barber in the state of illinois. like i want to make sure we don't lose sight of the institutional structural assets. >> we have publicly funded institutions across this country and private institutions that are barring people from applying to go to school based on whether or not they have a felony conviction. the work we are doing at the fortune society through the eio coalition is to try to convin
this happened under a largely democratic president, under bill clinton. not only a massive increase in the amount of bodies, but we think of the permanent x, right? my only angst about the education programs is that then it can sometimes lead us to forget that the new policies included that folks could no longer live in public housing when they came out and as you were pointing out about the man that you have done the work on, i mean, you literally get put out on a side street. public housing...
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. >> in 1997 after bill clinton got re-elected but before lewinsky, the republicans tried to do the same thing on chinese fund-raising. remember that? they spent the better part of a year trying to turn this into a huge scandal. there is a little more to that one than there is to this. this is just exploiting a tragedy for political purposes. >> and here is the great irony. john mccain, who seems like he's the big whistle-blower, going after susan rice yesterday. compare what he said about susan rice yesterday with what he said about another foreign policy expert, in this case condoleezza rice, back in 2005. here is mccain on susan rice. take a listen. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> okay. mortal sin, deal breaker, end of her career because john mccain said she had gotten the wrong brief and delivered the wrong brief. however, mccain had a very different reaction back in 2005 when condoleezza rice was n
. >> in 1997 after bill clinton got re-elected but before lewinsky, the republicans tried to do the same thing on chinese fund-raising. remember that? they spent the better part of a year trying to turn this into a huge scandal. there is a little more to that one than there is to this. this is just exploiting a tragedy for political purposes. >> and here is the great irony. john mccain, who seems like he's the big whistle-blower, going after susan rice yesterday. compare what he...
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mitt romney goes firstndets ady toakgehi at bill clinton's global giving conference. what will the former president have to say about the presidential hopeful? we will hear fro both of them in minutes. >>> meanwhile, blocks away, presidenobama getseady to addressnited nations over an ho fro he gng the low-key no news drop-by that his team was hoping for? he is getting heat making time for "the view" but not fellow leaders. a big tim in missouri d a ehe senate race he has to do it by 5:00 p.m. today. if not, it's on to november but the yemt battled congressman shows no sign of dropping out. good morning from new york. it's tuesday, september 25th, 12 mhud live outside of the new york public library, nbc's occasieducation nation su behi me. coming up, will show you live pictures and monitoring and waiting for bill clinton to introduce mitt romney at his global giving conference and when that happens, we will take it to you live and give you a ttle bit of mitt romney's remarks. he is presenting an intriguing plan of a pubc private partnershiwhen itomo th my guesss won't
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republicans won the big term election against bill clinton and democrats in 1994. by the time he's running for president in 96, newt gingrich was really the most famous republican in the country. he was speaker of the house. and he used to carry a bucket around with him everywhere. heres with why. apparently there had been a long standing practice in congress for whatever reason that the office of every member of congress every day got a bucket of ice delivered in the morning. they always had done this in congress and still did it in the 1990's. i find it charming. newt gingrich found it wasteful which it was. newt gingrich as speaker put a stop to the ice delivery tradition while he was speaker, was so pleased with himself for doing that he carried a bucket around with him everywhere, to remind everybody that he had cut that wasteful thing. that is the relevant context for what happened yesterday. >> yesterday in the midst of the new waive of republican establishment piling on to defeat newt gingrich the romney campaign released a statement about newt gingrich fro
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clinton. >> right. >> what a change in bill clinton? >> well, also a change in the cycle. al gore in 2000 was running for president having served as the number two to bill clinton. >> he had to be his own man. >> it's a very different performance art involved in that. yes, naturally he had to step out on his own and talk -- really distinguish himself in that new role. but there's just no doubt about what bill clinton brings and what he brought last night. nobody could do the political gymnastics, cover all of the bases that bill clinton covered last night, deliver all that message like bill clinton did last night. >> you say bill clinton and this crowd goes -- think about it. >> he rebutted the republican attacks, vol dated the president only the way a former president can do, he talked to moderates, to independents, undecideds and energized the base nobody else can. >> i want to bring up something. yesterday's convention day, was kind of a mess. for the party, right? you had this -- the god and jerusalem, sort of i'm sorry, like how do
clinton. >> right. >> what a change in bill clinton? >> well, also a change in the cycle. al gore in 2000 was running for president having served as the number two to bill clinton. >> he had to be his own man. >> it's a very different performance art involved in that. yes, naturally he had to step out on his own and talk -- really distinguish himself in that new role. but there's just no doubt about what bill clinton brings and what he brought last night. nobody...
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. >> as bill clinton would say, this takes brass. there were 12 -- 12 attacks on u.s. diplomatic fa till teas under george bush. eight while rumsfeld was serving. how is that for hypocrisy? and what's worst, these are the folks that romney is aligning himself with. they are the people coming to his defense and guiding his policies. do we really want to go back to shoot and aim later? joining me now is michael tomaski, special kor spoon dend for newsweek and the daily beast. he's writing today about mitt romney's total neocon melt down. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure, al. >> you talk extensively about the romney connection to the bush foreign policy in your column. why is romney doubling down on it? >> he's doubling down because he's as joan said in the previous statement, he probably doesn't have anywhere else to go, he has some pathological need that goes beyond the strategy and needs some approval in a strange way. i don't know what he actually believes. he needs nothing but needs the approval of this group and feels that he needs the support o
. >> as bill clinton would say, this takes brass. there were 12 -- 12 attacks on u.s. diplomatic fa till teas under george bush. eight while rumsfeld was serving. how is that for hypocrisy? and what's worst, these are the folks that romney is aligning himself with. they are the people coming to his defense and guiding his policies. do we really want to go back to shoot and aim later? joining me now is michael tomaski, special kor spoon dend for newsweek and the daily beast. he's writing...